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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Ames Public Library
         
           
    
          
                              
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All ages can earn a prize by reading 30 days this winter!  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          StoryWalk® in Downtown Ames
        
        
        
        
       
     
              
      
      
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Start at Ames Public Library and find the pages of So Much Snow in windows along Douglas Avenue and Main Street.   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Danfoss Room
         
           
    
          
                              
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Need somewhere quiet to get ready for tests? We reserved space just for study time. Drop in any of the following times, or ask about our regular study rooms! 
  
Location: Danfoss Room  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Conversation Circles: Chinese
        
        
        
        
       
     
        
      
      
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          PEO Room
         
           
    
          
                              
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Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in Chinese. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language. 
   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Farwell T. Brown Auditorium
         
           
    
          
                              
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                          Movie
                       
               
    
    
            
          
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Storytime Room
         
           
    
          
                              
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                          Storytime
                       
               
    
    
            
          
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Children of all ages and their grown-ups are invited to this storytime to build listening, language, and literacy skills through music, movement, song and action rhymes. Each week will feature a new theme. 
   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          IDEA Center Digitization Station
         
           
        
    
       
   
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          Community and Family Resources
        
        
        
        
       
     
        
      
      
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Lisa Fawcett Nilsson Study Room - 2nd Floor
         
           
    
          
                              
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Staff from Community and Family Resources will be available in the Library to provide information about addiction, substance abuse treatment, problem gambling treatment, and mental health therapy.   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Dale H. Ross Board Room
         
           
        
    
       
   
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Study Room #3 - 2nd Floor
         
           
        
          
        
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            Meeting with Quitline Iowa 
 
       
       
    
       
   
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Nancy Divine Study Room - 1st Floor
         
           
        
    
       
   
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          Seed Library Core Team Meeting
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Lisa Fawcett Nilsson Study Room - 2nd Floor
         
           
    
          
                              
              Age Group:
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Teen Space
         
           
    
          
                              
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                          Meetup
                       
               
    
    
            
          
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Need a brain break? Teens are invited to hang out and play videogames in the Teen Space! 
A virtual reality system will be available to try out too. 
   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Outdoor Alliance of Story County
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Dale H. Ross Board Room
         
           
        
          
        
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            Monthly Board Meeting of the Outdoor Alliance of Story County. 
 
       
       
    
       
   
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          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Farwell T. Brown Auditorium
         
           
        
          
        
          Purpose of Meeting
         
        
            Help caregivers with baby carriers 
 
       
       
    
       
   
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Storytime Room
         
           
    
          
                              
              Age Group:
                              Family
                           
                  
                  
            
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          Ames Town and Gown Board of Directors
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          PEO Room
         
           
        
          
    
       
   
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          028: Real Reads Book Group
        
        
        
        
       
     
        
      
      
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          Library Branch: 
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room: 
          Dale H. Ross Board Room
         
           
    
          
                              
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                              Adults
                           
                  
                  
            
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028 focuses on recently published, popular nonfiction on a variety of topics. 
   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Study Room #3 - 2nd Floor
         
           
        
    
       
   
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